OverviewAI-generated
Yasser Seirawan is a male chess player and non-fiction writer born in Damascus in 1960. He holds the titles of Grandmaster and International Master and has represented the United States in the 24th, 25th, 27th, and 28th Chess Olympiads. Seirawan is a citizen of the United States and speaks English. His native name is ياسر سيروان.
As an author, he has written 19 works, including Winning Chess Tactics, Play Winning Chess, Winning Chess Strategies, Take my rooks, and Chess Duels My Games With The World Champions. Seirawan is a Muslim and has an Elo rating of 2658.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1960
- Works
- 19
Top works
- Winning Chess Tactics
- Play Winning Chess
- Winning Chess Strategies
- Take my rooks
- Chess Duels My Games With The World Champions
via Open Library + Wikidata
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1960-03-24 ) March 24, 1960 (age 66) , Damascus , Syria
- Spouse
- Yvette Nagel
- Country
- United States
- Title
- Grandmaster (1980)
- Fide rating
- 2620 (June 2026)
- Peak rating
- 2658 (November 2011)
- Peak ranking
- No. 10 (July 1990)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Damascus
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Islam
- Participant in
- 35th Chess Olympiad
- Sport
- chess
- Country for sport
- United States
- Image
- Seirawan0301 137.jpg
Show 4 more facts
- Commons category
- Yasser Seirawan
- date of birth
- 1960-03-24
- name in native language
- ياسر سيروان
- Elo rating
- 2620
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Yasser Seirawan (Arabic: ياسر سيروان; born March 24, 1960) is a Syrian-American chess grandmaster and four-time United States champion. He won the World Junior Chess Championship in 1979. Seirawan is also a published chess author and commentator.
Early life
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